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1 O3b A different approach to Ka-band satellite system design and spectrum sharing ITU Regional Seminar for RCC countries on Prospects for Use of the Ka-band by Satellite Communication Systems, Almaty, Kazakhstan 5-7 September 2012 Dr. Richard Barnett Telecomm Strategies Inc.

2 O3b s Non-Geostationary Satellite/Constellation Design Circular equatorial orbit at 8,062 km altitude 288 minute orbit period 8 satellites in initial launch in early 2013 Launch 4 more satellites soon after Inherent in-orbit redundancy 10 years minimum life time 12 steerable spot beam antennas on each satellite 2

3 Comparison of the O3b Orbit with the GSO 4.8 times closer to Earth than the GSO (8,062 km orbit altitude) lower launch costs, multiple satellites per launch vehicle 13dB Path Loss reduction relative to GSO link budget improvement 20 times lower power requirement than GSO based on reduced Path Loss smaller satellites, less weight for solar panels, batteries, etc. Less than 150 ms latency (round-trip) more communications services and applications are possible Uses tracking earth stations Suited to certain types of fixed applications and all mobile ones Electronically steerable antennas under development 3

4 O3b s Communications Concept Steerable Ka-band spot beams Seamless handover between satellites Bent-pipe connecting gateways with customers for internet access 2 beams per satellite for gateways 10 beams per satellite for customers Customers use: medium/large ES only for high capacity fixed links Medium/small ES for mobile applications Beam coverage: ~700 km diameter Channel bandwidth: 216 MHz Coverage ~45 N N/S latitude 4

5 Coverage Capability of the O3b Orbit (showing planned O3b Gateways) Middle East Global Coverage anywhere 45 North/South of the equator Some gateway locations still being evaluated. 5

6 Inherent Angular Separation of O3b Orbit from GSO N Angular separation of O3b from GSO Earth S O3b Satellite Equatorial plane GSO Satellite Interference potential exists with GSO only in narrow range of equatorial latitudes (e.g., within approx. 5 of the equator) 6

7 O3b Frequency Plan Ka-band Downlink GHz 17.8 EPFD limits apply No EPFD limits Coordinate with GSO +/- 5 o EPFD limits apply Ka-band Uplink GHz 27.6 EPFD limits apply No EPFD limits Coordinate with GSO EPFD limits apply Key: 03b frequencies for Communications 03b Telemetry and Command Bands 7

8 O3b Spectral Efficiency Dual polarization: Full frequency re-use achieved by dual orthogonal polarization for both gateway beams and customer beams Spatial frequency re-use: Additional spatial frequency re-use between gateway beams and customer beams Total frequency re-use factor is therefore 4 times 8

9 O3b Sharing with GSOs (1 of 2) O3b does not use the following portions of Ka-band: 200 MHz bands of GHz down and GHz up (downlink not available to O3b type orbit see 5.522B) 400 MHz bands of GHz down and GHz up (MSS/NGSO feeder link allocation see 5.523B and 5.535A) In the parts of Ka-band where EPFD limits apply and in situations where interference could occur with respect to GSO satellite networks, O3b will not use the spectrum e.g., for service to geographic locations close to the equator consists of 1,400 MHz of spectrum on uplink and same on downlink O3b only needs to coordinate with GSOs based on ITU date priority in the 500 MHz segments of Ka-band that are allocated by the ITU with equal rights to GSO and non-gso (i.e., GHz down and GHz) 9

10 O3b Sharing with GSOs (2 of 2) O3b coordination with GSOs is limited to 20% of the normal commercial Kaband spectrum available to GSOs or 14.3% if the GSO has access to the government portion of Ka-band ( GHz down and GHz up) All real-world broadband Ka-band satellites require a relatively large amount of spectrum for Gateway links e.g., KA-SAT uses 2,000 MHz of spectrum for Gateways and 500 MHz for Users to limit the number of Gateway locations Regional broadband Ka-band satellite networks are less likely to use Gateways in equatorial regions because of rain-fade and fibre interconnectivity reasons Conclusion: O3b shares well with GSOs that use the GHz and GHz bands not located in equatorial regions, such as for Gateways 10

11 O3b Sharing with NGSOs O3b shares well with certain other types of NGSO satellite systems where angular separation between the orbits can be maintained Russian Molniya is a perfect example: O3b orbit appears in a different part of the sky from the active arc of the Molniya orbit Similar compatibility exists with other HEO (Highly Elliptical Orbit) systems, as studied by the Working Parties of the ITU 11

12 O3b s Progress and Launch/Operation Schedule O3b Founded by Greg Wyler (Oct) Launch services contract signed with Arianespace O3b selects ViaSat to supply Teleports and IP Trunking terminals First teleport installed and operational in Greece HUGE step forward, investments in O3b from Liberty, Google & HSBC (July) SES invests US$75 million with O3b (Nov) O3b OHQ opens in The Hague (Sept) O3bCell launched First 4 satellites launched Service Commencement Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Second 4 satellites launched Satellite Supply contract signed with Thales (Aug) Allen & Company invests with O3b (Feb) O3b secures funding for an additional 4 satellites bringing the total number to 12 Tier 2 Terminal vendors selected, GD Satcom, Comtech and Gilat O3bTrunk launched O3bMaritime launched Network Operations Centre ready All Teleports Installed and Operational 12

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